Ixquick was a meta search engine belonging to the Dutch company Surfboard Holding B.V. In 2016, it was merged with Startpage, which was previously a variant service. Similar to DuckDuckGo and Qwant, but unlike Google, Ixquick did not store any user-related data.
The above graph displays service status activity for Ixquick.com over the last 10 automatic checks. The blue bar displays the response time, which is better when smaller. If no bar is displayed for a specific time it means that the service was down and the site was offline. Change search engine in Awesome Bar to IxQuick | Firefox Application. User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0; More Information. Application Basics Name Firefox Version 17.0.1 DuckDuckGo vs StartPage detailed comparison as of 2020 - Slant StartPage is owned by Surfboard Holding B.V., a privately held, independent Dutch company, run by Robert Beens, whose only activities are operating StartPage, Ixquick and StartMail. No 3rd party investors or venture capital behind it as far as I could find. StartPage (and Ixquick) generates income solely from advertising (Google Ads). Ixquick.com - Privacy Policy
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Is ixquick.com Safe? Community Reviews | WoT (Web of Trust)
Ixquick has no personal information to share. Ixquick does not share personal information with any third party search engine or the provider of its sponsored results. Click here for details. Governmental requests. Ixquick is headquartered in The Netherlands, Europe. How can I remove ixquick? | Firefox Support Forum